Mr. Abidali (Abid) Z. Neemuchwala is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro Limited. He is overseeing more than $8 billion in revenue and over 182,000 employees serving clients across six continents. Mr. Neemuchwala obtained his master’s degree in Industrial Management from IIT Bombay in 1992 and bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication from Nation Institute of Technology, Raipur.
Mr. Neemuchwala has over 27 years of experience in the IT services industry with deep operational knowledge and broad strategic insight in building and scaling businesses. In 1992, he joined Tata Consultancy Services where he served for 23 years. Mr. Neemuchwala joined the organization during a time of acceleration for the nascent Indian IT services industry. He led and contributed to several impactful programs pioneering third-party quality certifications, process excellence programs, establishing global delivery models, scaling growth across service lines and delivering outsized results across business units including growing TCS’BPO business to over $2 billion in the span of few years.
In April 2015, Mr. Neemuchwala was appointed as the Group President and Chief Operating Officer of Wipro Limited. Seeing opportunities to enhance Wipro’s agility and customer centricity, he created a more adaptable environment while driving deeper employee engagement. In early 2016, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Wipro. Instrumental in driving digital transformation throughout the organization focusing on simplification and modernization, Mr. Neemuchwala drove the creation of deep capabilities in human- centric design, artificial intelligence and hyper-automation. He spearheaded Wipro’s largest deal in its history with a $1.5 billion deal.
Over a remarkable career spanning multiple countries and organizations, Mr. Neemuchwala is a proven global leader who has contributed to the growth of India’s modern IT Industry through championing new advances such as global delivery, quality, process excellence and customer centricity, driving both business and personal success for his teams. As Wipro’s CEO and Managing Director, he has set the standard for leadership driven from compassion and business insights transforming the organization and setting the stage for a bright future.
Beyond business, Mr. Neemuchwala is passionate about driving change, developing communities, and diversity. Towards this, he renewed Wipro’s
commitment to the community driving an expansion of Wipro Cares, which engages with underprivileged communities to improve healthcare, education and environmental outcomes for all, providing education and educational resources to underprivileged children in addition to quality healthcare services, disaster rehabilitation and work on environmental causes such as waste management, water conservation and promoting biodiversity.
Mr. Neemuchwala is an active member of the Texas Economic Development Corporation, the Texas Governor’s CEO Council, as well as the World Affairs
Council of Dallas-Fort Worth serving on their Board of Directors. He is also a certified Software Quality Analyst; Certified Six Sigma Green Belt; won BPO CEO of the Year in 2010; received 2012 IPOC Shared Services Organization recognition for personal contribution to the industry.